COMMODITIES SERVICES ENSURE QUALITY AND QUANTITY

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Ensure the quality and the quantity of your commodities with SGS. We control and analyze your products to be sure they meet quality, safety and compliance requirements for all your global destinations. Our services extend to the prevention of insect related damage, safe storage monitoring, logistics support and primary processing activities, all ensuring value is retained and even added where possible.

At SGS, we provide a complete suite of solutions at every stage of the value chain to bring your agricultural commodities to market.

Worldwide, our qualified experts deliver comprehensive services and cost effective solutions including, sampling, testing, inspection, control and certification of your commodities.

These services can be stand alone, or part of an integrated package of measures to assist your company throughout the value chain.

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ANALYSE - supply and sell with confidence SECURE - check and verify ADD VALUE - manage threats CERTIFY - certify your success

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ANALYTICAL SERVICES

SGS provides a complete suite of analytical services for all agricultural and forestry commodities. We offer you unrivalled experience and expertise, the latest technologies, state-of-the art laboratories, experienced staff and a unique standardized global network with services when you require them.

Our services add value to commodities such as:

• Feed and Ingredients

• Grains and Oilseeds

• Softs (sugar, coffee, tea, cocoa, spices...)

• Liquids (vegetable oils, fats)

• Fresh produce, fruits, vegetables, meat

• Hay and forages

• Fibres (cotton, cashmere, jute wool…)

• Forest products (logs, timber, wood chips, wood pellets, recovered paper…)

We provide the following analysis:

• Contaminants

• GMO

• Microbial

• Mycotoxin

• Pesticide residue

• Minerals detection

• Nutritional labelling

• DDG

• Amino Acids

• Hay and forage testing

• Oilseed fatty acid profile

• Proximate analysis

• Identification

• All main quality parameters of specific commodities

CUSTOMIZED AND INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE QUALITY SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE.

SUPPLY AND SELL WITH CONFIDENCE

Risk reduction plus quality and quantity control, ensure that you avoid losses and meet all relevant regulatory requirements. Precise and efficient information helps you to make decisions and prevent losses.

Our global presence in upcountry locations, terminals and ports gives us a unique competitive advantage. With the addition of our network of laboratories and certification facilities, we can offer you a full range of cargo inspection services to help ensure the cleanliness and safety of your commodities at every stage of the supply chain.

We perform assessments of cargo readiness for loading, verify the loading process and verify cleanliness of transportation. We can also make sure that warehouses and storage units are free from odour, moisture, foreign matter, previous cargo residues or pest infestation. Our independent surveys and reports provide documentation for risk assessments, damage investigations, damage surveys and verification for due diligence, as well as evidence of regulatory compliance at local and international levels. SGS Certificates are recognised worldwide.

SGS provides the following services:

• Cleanliness inspections

• Damage survey

• Draft survey

• On site grading

• Loading and discharge supervision

• Metering services

• Tank calibration

• Inspection for contractual purposes (e.g. FOSFA, GAFTA)

• eCertificates

PRECISE AND EFFICIENT INFORMATION HELPS YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS AND PREVENT LOSSES.

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INSPECTION SERVICES

CHECK AND VERIFY

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Prevent insect-related risks and damage during the transportation and storage of your commodities.

We perform fumigation services in ports and logistics centres worldwide. These include the treatment of cargoes loaded into sea-going vessels, barges and containers. Accordingly, these services comply with stringent national and international legislation, with best practice and with globally agreed quality and safety standards.

Our fumigation and pest management services include:

• Fumigation of stored goods

• Fumigation during or prior to shipment

• Biocide treatment of cargoes

• Disinfection and fumigation for the food and beverage industry

• Pre-shipment treatment of wooden packaging materials according to International Standards

• Quarantine fumigation of wood and timber, to obtain a phytosanitary certificate

• Ventilation and gas-free measurement

• Monitoring, prevention and curative control

• Non-toxic pest control systems

• Bio risk assessments

• Documented pest management systems

• Auditing

Risk occurs in many different forms and the risks you face depend on the nature and complexity of your specific business. Quantity losses, discrepancies in quality, marine incidents and rejection by authorities can all disrupt global supply chains and affect the profitability of your business. The key is to identify and quantify the specific risks associated with your business and then make decisions about how to manage and mitigate those risks.

SGS provides a full range of service solutions to fulfill your requirements:

- Guarantee Services:

- Full Outturn Guarantee – SGS assumes the responsibility for weight differences

- Comprehensive Cover – SGS arranges marine insurance coverage combined with outturn guarantee

- Full Outturn Quality – SGS assumes the responsibility for discrepancies in quality

- Rejection Guarantees – SGS covers possible rejection at destination

- Collateral Management Services

- Stock Monitoring Services

- ISO 31000

EFFECTIVELY PREVENT RELATED RISKS

PEST MANAGEMENT AND FUMIGATION

SECURE YOUR PRODUCT

RISK MANAGEMENT

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SGS will help you ensure that your organization has implemented an up-to-the-minute strategy and best practice compliance for product safety and sustainability, economic, social or ecological.

SGS offers:

• Gap Analysis Audits

• Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil

• Roundtable for Responsible Soy

• ISCC, REDcert, 2BSvs, and other EU directive compliance certifications

• Bonsucro

• GMP

• HACCP

• UTZ

• Customized audit and product certifications

COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AND IMPROVE STRATEGIC DECISION

AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION

MARKET RESEARCH

CERTIFY YOUR SUCCESS

Ensure effective strategic decision making with comprehensive market research.

Our market research services help you through the entire research process, from establishing the research methodology to data collection and reporting.

We can help you improve decision making when launching a new product or service, fine-tune existing services and estimate market size, commodities production and trade outlook data.

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SGS OFFER INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR COMMODITIES THROUGH THE VALUE CHAIN:

SGS IS THE WORLD’S LEADING INSPECTION, VERIFICATION, TESTING AND CERTIFICATION COMPANY. SGS IS RECOGNISED AS THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR QUALITY AND INTEGRITY. WITH MORE THAN 75 000 EMPLOYEES, WE OPERATE A NETWORK OF OVER 1 500 OFFICES AND LABORATORIES AROUND THE WORLD.

CERTIFY YOUR SUCCESS

• Our laboratories are accredited ISO17025, Operations are ISO 17020 or other standards certified

• We are members of the major trade associations such as FOSFA and GAFTA with most of our affiliates having their accreditation. We are also members of many federations and associations covering specific commodities like ICA, Nut and Dried Fruit Association, and others

• Standardized or Customized approach

• Latest technology is used for analysis

• All analysis requirements with one company

• Fast turnaround times and real time web and e-reports

• Experience and expertise

• Global network

A GLOBAL REACH WITH A LOCAL TOUCH

With a presence in nearly every single region around the globe, our experts speak the local language, understand the culture of the local market and operate globally in a consistent, reliable and cost-effective manner.

With more than 130 years experience, we understand the challenges that you face. Protect your assets at the same time as building a sustainable and profitable business with commodities solutions from SGS.

WHY SGS?

FOR MORE ABOUT OUR SOLUTIONS, PLEASE VISIT www.sgs.com/commodities or email agriculture@sgs.com

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